11th Conference of the States Parties to CRPD, June 12, 12:30 pm — 1:45 pm UN Headquarters Conference Room 12, New York, NY 10017 Despite recent advances in assistive technology and inclusive planning, people with disabilities and older persons continue to face economic, physical, and political discrimination and exclusion. Social and physical barriers too often prevent people with disabilities and older persons from fully enjoying their rights to employment, education, health, and independence. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one avenue that could help break down the barriers that prevent people with disabilities from …More

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by: Dr. Victor Santiago Pineda Over the past 30 years, studies conducted in various countries, such as Japan, Lebanon, Jordan, India, South Africa, among others have shown that stigma and prejudice is often the result of a lack of knowledge of and awareness about people with disability which exists at all levels—from the family to the community to decision makers at the highest levels. Such stigma and prejudice leads to social marginalization and lack of equal access to educational, employment and social support mechanisms that result in profound poverty for …More

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